Yoshitomo Nara Slash with a Knife 1999 Limited Edition Watch Tin, Offered as Signed and Dated
Yoshitomo Nara Slash with a Knife 1999 Limited Edition Watch Tin, Offered as Signed and Dated
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A Defiant Child on a Tin Lid
Slash with a Knife distils Nara's late 1990s voice: a small girl, a sidelong glare and a blade held just out of view. Carried onto a watch tin and signed on the lid, the image becomes an object to hold rather than a sheet to frame.
Best for: Nara collectors who enjoy his editions and objects as much as his prints
Condition notes
Described as free of noticeable marks or soiling, with a few light scratches and scuffs from handling. The watch is not included.
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A small girl in a pale blue dress glares sideways beneath the words Slash with a Knife: Yoshitomo Nara's 1999 image, printed across the lid of a limited edition watch tin and offered as signed and dated by hand in blue.
The Piece
The tin was made to hold a limited edition wristwatch carrying this image. The watch is not included; the tin is offered on its own, as an art object. On the lid the girl stands against a pale wall of faint brickwork, hair cut in a heavy bob, eyes narrowed, one hand drawn behind her where a small blade just catches the light. The title runs above her in bold red capitals.
A signature sits at the lower left of the lid and the year 1999 at the lower right, both in blue ink. The description gives the piece as a signed limited edition; the signature and date can be made out clearly in the photographs, and no edition number is stated.
It is a two-part metal tin: a white printed lid and a deep base lined in bright steel, with the underside of the lid finished in white. Slash with a Knife dates from the last years Nara spent working in Germany, and it remains one of his most recognised images of a defiant child.
Details
- Artist: Yoshitomo Nara
- Title: Slash with a Knife
- Year: 1999, as described
- Object: Limited edition watch tin; the watch is not included
- Material: Printed metal lid, steel-lined base
- Signature: Offered as signed and dated by hand in blue on the lid
- Edition: Limited edition as described; number not stated
- Size: Being confirmed against our archive records; please write to the Desk
- Condition: Light handling marks noted
Condition
- Described as free of noticeable marks or soiling.
- The description notes a few light scratches and scuffs from handling.
- Interior steel bright in the photographs.
Condition grade A (excellent, very light signs of age) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Signature, date and edition are given as the description states them; no certificate is mentioned. Keep the tin dry and out of direct sun, and handle it by the edges to protect the inscription.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan in a padded, rigid box, insured and tracked.
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